Ms. TANG Yi

Lecturer

 

Teaching Interest

Commercial Dispute Resolution, Mooting and Advocacy, Company Law, Contract Law, International Investment Law and Arbitration

 

Research Interest

International Investment Law, Investor-State Arbitration, Commercial Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, International Economic Law, Comparative Law 
 

Professional Qualifications

PhD Candidate                              The University of Hong Kong
MPhil                                               The University of Hong Kong
BSocSc (Govt & Laws) & LLB      The University of Hong Kong
                
 

Professional Qualifications

Journal Articles

1. Tang, Yi. "General Public Policy Exceptions in International Investment Agreements (IIAs): Opportunities and Challenges in Times of Global Health Crisis." Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol.20, Issue 1, pp.127-176 (2025). (SSCI-indexed)

2.  Tang, Yi. "Charting a New Legal Order. ASEAN's Arbitration Reform in Taming the 'Unruly Horse' of Public Policy Exception." Chinese (Taiwan)  Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, Vol. 41, pp. 112-156 (2024). (Awarded 2023 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum Wellington Koo Prize)

3.   Tang, Yi. "COVID-19 Measures and Investment Treaty Claims: An Asian Perspective." In Asian Yearbook of International Economic Law 2024, edited by Andrea K. Bjorklund, Marc Bungenberg, Manjiao Chi, Sufian Jusoh, Prabhash Ranjan, and Islambek Rustambekov, Springer (forthcoming 2025).

4.   Tang, Yi. and Gu, Weixia. "Research on the Issue of Foreign Artibration Institutions Operating in Mainland China Amid Revisions to the Chinese Arbitration Law (仲裁法修訂背景下境外仲裁機構在中國內地仲裁的問題研究)."  Legal Practice (法治實務), Vol. 2, pp. 118-131 (2024).

5.  Gu, Weixia, and Tang, Yi. " Exploring the Potential for Establishing an International Commercial Court in Hong Kong: A New Momentum for Developing this Legal Hub?"  Asian Dispute Review, Vol. 26, Issue 1, pp. 19-28 (2024).

6.  Gu, Weixia, and Tang, Yi. "The New Wave of International Commercial Courts in Asia." Asian Dispute Review, Vol. 24, Issue 4, pp. 181-188 (2022).
 

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7.  Gu, Weixia, Guo, Caishun, Guo, Hongyi, and Tang, Yi. "China's Law and Development: A Case Study of the China International Commercial Court (中國的法律與發展 --- 以中國國際商事法庭為例)." China International Arbitration Review (中國國際仲裁評論) (forthcoming 2025).

8.  Gu, Weixia, and Tang, Yi. "China's Belt and Road Development and A New International Commercial Arbitration Initiative in Asia (中國的"一帶一路"發展和亞洲的國際商事仲裁融合)." Chinese Review of International Law (國際法研究), Vol. 37, Issue 1, pp. 105-128 (2020). (CSSCI-indexed (Extended))

 

Policy Paper

9.  Ye, Lu, and Tang, Yi. "Analysis of International Investor-State Arbitration Mechanism (國際投資仲裁機構解柝)." Shenzhen Rule of Law Review (深圳法治評論), Issue 3, pp. 49-54 (2020). 

 

Paper Presentations

1.  Invited Speaker, "Balancing Public Health and Investment Protections: COVID-19 Treaty Claims and the Role of General Public Policy Exceptions in IIAs," CCCL Young Scholar Forum, Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law, City University of Hong Kong, December 27, 2024.

2.  Speaker, "COVID-19 Measures and Investment Treaty Claims: An Asian Perspective," 2024 Asian Law Schools Association (ALSA) Young Scholars Inaugural Conference, Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore, July 29-30, 2024.

3.  Speaker, "Charting a New Legal Order: ASEAN's Arbitration Reform in Taming the 'Unruly Horse' of Public Policy Exception," 2023 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum: Indo-Pacific Strategies and International Law, Research Centre for International Legal Studies, National Chengchi University College of International Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan, December 3-4, 2023.

4. Speaker, "General Public Policy Exceptions in International Investment Agreements: Navigating the Future of Economic Agreements in Times of Global Health Crises," 8th Asian International Economic Law Network (AIELN) Conference: The New Generation of Economic Agreements in the Asia-Pacific, National Taiwan University College of Law, Taipei, Taiwan, December 1-2, 2023.

5.  Speaker, "Responding to Global Health Crisis: Opportunities and Challenges for Reforming General Public Policy Exceptions in Asia-Pacific IIAs," 2023 CIBEL Global Network Conference Young Scholars Workshop, China International Business & Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre, University of New South Wales, Novmber 23, 2023.

6.  Speaker, "'Harmony in Diversity': ASEAN's Arbitration Reform in Taming the 'Unruly Horse' of Public Policy Exception," Virtual Conference on Sustainable Diversity in International Arbitration, Decolonizing Arbitration Research Unit, Nagoya University, November 20, 2021.

7.  Speaker, "'Applying the PRC's BITs to Hong Kong and Macau SARs: Contradictions Between the Chinese Government and Investment Tribunals," Challenges and Opportunities for Asia-Pacific International Commercial Arbitration and Investor-State Dispute Settlement Symposium, University of Sydney Law School, Sydney, Australia, November 15, 2019.

 

 

Contact Details

     E-mail: tangy@hksyu.edu